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legislation, to assess and collect taxes and to provide for the public health, safety and welfare of county citizens. He noted that the Supervisors have no authority over any of the county’s constitutional officers.
The constitutional officers— Commonwealth Attorney, Sheriff, Commissioner of Revenue, Treasurer, Clerk of the Court—are elected and therefore responsible to the people, not the Supervisors, according to Judge Snead.
Appointed By Court
The Circuit Court, said the judge, appoints the members of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Board of Assessors, Electoral Board, magistrates and School Trustee Electors. The School Trustees in turn appoint members of the School Board.
In explaining the differences between Circuit Court and District Court, Snead noted that the Supreme Court was the head of the state’s judicial system. The next level of authority, he said, is the Circuit Court that has general jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases and hears appeals from lower courts. District Court holds preliminary felony hearings, hears traffic cases, civil suits up to $5,000 and misdemeanors.
The Court ties in with the county constitutional officers in connection with the elected Gerk of the Court. Diane Bruce, Rappahannock's Clerk who was appointed last year to finish the unexpired term of Ned Jones, reported that the majority of her office's work had to do with land and county records although she had certain responsibilities to Judge Snead.
Included in the records maintained at the Clerk's office by Ms. Bruce and her deputy, Mrs. Eva Smith, are deeds, land transfers, wills, marriage licenses, charter books and bond books. In addition, the clerk’s offices handles licenses for notary publics and fruit growers as well as applications for passports. ■*' Ms. Bruce told the audience that everything that passes through the Clerk's office is microfilmed and kept on permanent record in Richmond so the office “could be put back together again" should flood, fire or other disaster occur.
Once the new Clerk's office is completed, ‘‘we'll have room to move around," Ms. Bruce said. "We keep everything," she continued.
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